Hello Peggy,
Knowing that Christ is Lord of all and actually LIVING IN that truth is not one in the same. Christ was hated and despised by the world for walking in truth...why would we expect anything different? [Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you [1 John 3:13]
We are to rejoice in the Truth and abide in that Light...not mingle with the things of world. Do you honestly believe that the Lord will condemn you for telling your child the truth as opposed to 'a little white lie'? Was your intention to hurt your child or to educate them? The Lord takes us through great trials and tribulations in our lifetimes but they are for our benefit and spiritual growth...not to simply hurt us.
John 8:32 ...the truth shall make you free
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life...
1 Cor 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth
2 Cor 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord...
Matt 25:32 ...he [Son of Man; Christ] shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
The Lord has set us free from the lusts and desires of the world but whenever times get tough, we tend to want to go back to what's 'comfortable'. Those are the times to look to the Lord the most. When our family is upset with us for walking in the truth, when our friends shun us for leaving their churches and heretical teachings, when THE WHOLE WORLD is against us for abiding in the truth of a Sovereign God who is Lord of all and reconciling all unto Himself.
Prov 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
1 John 2:16 For ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is NOT OF THE FATHER, but is of the world
Marques
Marques,
You are so right on with those Scriptures. Just because we are in the world, does not mean we are to be still of the world. If we hold back from telling our loved ones the truth just to not hurt their feelings. When will it cross over into rank paganism and be back in the world for us. Here is an OT Scripture that we need to take heed:
Exo 34: 10-17
10 The LORD said to Moses, "I now make a covenant with the people of Israel. In their presence I will do great things such as have never been done anywhere on earth among any of the nations. All the people will see what great things I, the LORD, can do, because I am going to do an awesome thing for you.
11 Obey the laws that I am giving you today. I will drive out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as you advance.
12 Do not make any treaties with the people of the country into which you are going, because this could be a fatal trap for you.
13 Instead, tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down their symbols of the goddess Asherah.
14 "Do not worship any other god, because I, the LORD, tolerate no rivals.
15 Do not make any treaties with the people of the country, because when they worship their pagan gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you to join them, and you will be tempted to eat the food they offer to their gods.
16 Your sons might marry those foreign women, who would lead them to be unfaithful to me and to worship their pagan gods.
17 "Do not make gods of metal and worship them.
More NT Scripture same theme. There are hundreds of these Scriptures that do not deviate from this theme even once.
Joh 15: 16-20
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
george